Best noise cancelling headphones for the tube?

robgmun · 31 Mar 2010 at 16:12

Pretty much as title really, looking for great value for money so can't be eye-wateringly expensive. And some people have told me that some noise cancelling headphones aren’t really any good on the tube. Only stuff like aircraft..

I hear Bose is good, any suggestions?

Kenai · 31 Mar 2010 at 17:09

Active noise cancelling is often designed more to reduce lower pitched tones and consistent tones. It's significantly harder to cater to higher pitched and very changeable sounds.

For the tube, something like a half decent pair of canal phones that block out noise are likely to be the most practical solution rather than a big set of closed back cans.

I find my Shure SE210s to block out noise very well, i'd imagine the various competing products do as well.

Bose are ok but very expensive for what they are, you're paying a substantial amount for the name there.

robgmun · 31 Mar 2010 at 17:32

doing some research it seem like sennhenier pxc 310's seem to be good VFM

Hxc · 31 Mar 2010 at 17:39

For the tube a decent set of canalphones will do. I have Futuresonics Atrio M5s and with my normal listening volume the tube noise could not be heard.

hux · 31 Mar 2010 at 17:49

Another vote for sennheisers, have a nose on ebay they can be had very cheap but look at the feedback first as there are a ton of fakes about.

Good sounding for the price.

lunarwolf · 31 Mar 2010 at 18:07

hux said:
have a nose on ebay they can be had very cheap.

used headphones? would you buy used underwear?

daz · 31 Mar 2010 at 19:39

lunarwolf said:
used headphones? would you buy used underwear?

You realise Ebay sells new stuff? As in Ebay stores and "PowerSellers" and all that stuff?

Lowe · 1 Apr 2010 at 08:14

Goldring NS1000 from Jersey are cheap and great quality too.

hurfdurf · 1 Apr 2010 at 17:54

Some shure in ear headphones will do nicely. I have the SE110's and they block out everything.

Be aware, there are a lot of fakes floating round on ebay etc when it comes to the big named brands of headphones.

Grey M@a · 1 Apr 2010 at 17:58

Had the same issue with the Metro so I bought myself a pair of Sennheiser CX300II's

They seem to do the job blocking out the sound of the train, buzzers and people talking fairly well

Not to expensive these days, there might be a newer version of them available by now, had these a year or so. Think I got them from Play or Amazon for around £20ish down from £45 I think they were.

EDIT:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1270141141&sr=8-1

Seems they are down to £13 now

Raikiri · 1 Apr 2010 at 18:20

Lowe said:
Goldring NS1000 from Jersey are cheap and great quality too.

If you can get past the high pitched buzz (it's slight, but there) then I agree.

hux · 2 Apr 2010 at 15:45

daz said:
You realise Ebay sells new stuff? As in Ebay stores and "PowerSellers" and all that stuff?

Obviously he doesn't.

MichaelHo · 3 Apr 2010 at 01:04

Hxc said:
For the tube a decent set of canalphones will do. I have Futuresonics Atrio M5s and with my normal listening volume the tube noise could not be heard.

I have the atrio M5s too and it works great on the tube. Any decent canal headphones will help block out most of the tube noise.